Yesterday, a video started bouncing wildly in pro-
Telegram channels where you can see a soldier lying on the ground being shot in the head for seemingly no reason.
The original channel where it was published reports that the 1/10 is not known
Location where the video was shot, and apart from the white tape on the arm of the soldiers (usually associated with the forces
), there are no signs that can help identify the units of the soldiers affected or those who shoot.
So there are no 2/10s
Elements needed to shift responsibility for actions to one side or the other.
Cum grano salis, we can analyze the various possibilities: - the video could show a case in which troops
open fire against surrendered regular soldiers
, which 3/10
It would constitute a violation of the Geneva Convention and therefore be a war crime;
-The video may show a case where troops
open fire on surrendered Wagner/other PMC
soldiers. In this case, what is shown in the video does not constitute 4/10
A war crime, as the protection of the Geneva convention does not extend to mercenaries. Despite this, it still remains morally deplorable;
-the third option is for this video to show an internal troop violence case
, possibly a 5/10 confrontation
Between regular troops and PMC members
.
This is not the first case in which such an episode is documented: recently, the propagandist Ihor Mangushev, who appeared on video in which he spoke with the skull of one of the defenders of Mariupol in his hand (pictured) died 6/10
Following unclear circumstances in which he took a bullet to the head. According to some sources
, the bullet was fired by two Wagnerites who tried to cover their tracks after robbing him.
This is not the only example of extreme violence 7/10
In the ranks of the forces
: On February 6 reconnaissance drone operators
filmed Wagnerites taking their commander away from the front after he was wounded, only to finish him off shortly after with what appear to be clubs or spades. Finally, 8/10 cannot be excluded
The propaganda factor: this video was bounced by dozens of pro-
Telegram channels with captions like "that's why it's better to die fighting than surrender".
In light of all this information, it is not currently possible to establish who has 9/10
Actually shot at whom, and so it's impossible to tell whether this is actually a war crime or not.
Nonetheless, from what we see, the act itself is morally wrong, regardless of whoever did it. 10/10
PS: there is also the possibility that those who are identified as military
use camouflage
. This is a war crime that falls under "perfidy", and if so it could be considered an aggravating or contributing factor depending on the original scenario.
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